Get all the UK visa documents you need

We can help you obtain certified copies of birth, death and marriage certificates for your UK visa application. To do so, we require the following information for each certificate:

Birth certificate

Full name, date and place of birth of relevant parent and/or grandparent (maiden name also required in the event of mother or grandmother).

Death certificate

Full name and date of death of relevant parent and/or grandparent (maiden name required in the event of mother or grandmother).

Marriage certificate

Full name of both parents and date and place of marriage.

It is worth bearing in mind that UK Visas and Immigration do not accept photocopies or abridged birth certificates (i.e. those which do not give details of your parents, etc.). All submitted certificates should be full and original versions.

Timeframes for obtaining certificates will vary, but as a general guide we can obtain UK birth and marriage certificates within 10 days. Please also note that we can only obtain these certificates if you are a current 1st Contact Visas client.

We have some exciting news
for all our visas clients...

For the last 18 months we've been slowly merging with our big brother, Sable International. Over the next year we're going to complete that merger. This will in no way affect your visa, ILR, citizenship, passport or work permit applications.

Your caseworker will not be going anywhere as the entire 1st Contact team will be in the same roles at Sable International. You'll still get that great 1st Contact Visas service, just under a new name.

We'll be keeping you in the loop as we prepare for the next exciting phase in this rebranding.

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Please note: 1st Contact Visas is a trading name of Philip Gamble and Co. Ltd. Philip Gamble and Co. Ltd is registered in the UK with the Office of the Immigration Service Commissioner (OISC) under no. F2001-00004. Our staff based outside of the UK are not regulated by the OISC and may be involved in some client casework. However, they work to the same high standards as our UK staff and clients receive the same service regardless of which office they engage with.